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June 22, 2005
Medicine Wheel
Stonehenge is probably the most famous stone monument / medicine wheel on the planet. We don't know exactly why it was built, but it is aligned with the summer solstice sun. Yesterday was the summer solstice, and also a full moon (which only happens every "18.6" years). Seemed like an auspicious occasion to build another monument.
We know a bit more about the purpose and intentions behind this stone circle, because we built it ourselves! This one was built in and around Greenfield, MA, by Peter Champoux, Susan Franklin, Greg Patch, and myself. The natural location for this medicine wheel was discovered, mapped, and dowsed by Peter, who also found the basalt markers for each location and led us on our journey.
By prayerfully placing stone markers at each of the 12 directions around this circle (the outer circle shown below), we were able to release energy from electric grids, highways, train tracks, rivers, and "green fields" into a moving vortex of energy which is also aligned with other sacred sites. The "medicine" applied by this ancient technology is ultimately the redemption of the community, the place, and the planet.
(please click on the map for more info)
Unbeknownst to me, one of the sites aligned with Greenfield is the Stellwagen Bank, off of Cape Cod, where I had the pleasure of watching whales dipping and diving the day before, but that's another story.
Posted by Neal at June 22, 2005 10:13 AM | Category: Mother Earth
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